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That doesn't mean I jump at the opportunity to do jobs like I'm doing. Almost always, I contact an electrician, numerous ones, nobody wants to do 'small' jobs and between the unreturned phone calls it's just better to go with the flow.

It's very hard to find a service electrician in this area. If you do, you wait weeks for one or you pay premiums for a bigger company to show up charging a grand to do the task.

This isn't a rag on electricians. I personally know a lot of them but they don't like to do these types of jobs. That's why I reluctantly will do them, to code and provide the service at a reasonable cost.

True, but the manufacturer I found lists the particular cable I talked about in my post in 14, 12 & 10.

And since that is what he inquired about that's all I mentioned.

I realize that, but the way it is written it looks like that's all there is.
I was just making the point for future reference for those that do not click on the Southwire link.

Actually, the standard cable today is regular Type MC. This is found on pages 4-5 of that Southwire catalog link.
That MC-AP you are referring to will not be found on any Home Depot shelf or in stock in many supply houses.
Type AC (pages28-29) is still used but not very widespread any more.

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I don't see how you think your plumbing liability insurance and your plumbing license allows you to run an electrical circuit for a water heater. I'm covered for making the final connection to the appliance and thats all.....no running of wire. I also wouldn't use junction box's and short pieces because wire a roll of wire of the proper lenght cost too much.

Have a licensed guy install the wire. A pro will maybe catch another problem that you would miss.

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Along those lines.... I'd just get the big roll. The price of copper isn't going to go down, it will be there for the next time this situation comes up, and you avoid unnecessary splices and having to place j-boxes, which is where most issues would occur.

The one thing that does hold true is that buying more is cheaper. Any time you buy less than a "standard" small roll of 250' you are paying more per foot. This typically holds true for sized #10 and smaller.